Donna Fargo was born on Yvonne Vaughn; November 10,1945 and is an American country singer-songwriter and author known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s.
26 Facts About Donna Fargo
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Donna Fargo was born Yvonne Vaughn on November 10,1945, in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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Donna Fargo sang from her early years, but never thought about singing professionally.
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Donna Fargo attended High Point College in North Carolina, then earned a degree at the University of Southern California.
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Donna Fargo went to Phoenix in 1966 and adopted the name Donna Fargo, which she has continued to use since.
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Donna Fargo recorded for a few small labels in the early 1960s, including Ramco and Challenge, but songs like "Who's Been Sleeping on My Side of the Bed" were not successful.
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In 1972, Donna Fargo recorded a single for the Decca label before achieving her breakthrough that year.
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Donna Fargo was then signed to the label, and the single was released the same year.
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Donna Fargo was one of the few female country singers to write and compose her own material at the time, and one of the few country singers to cross over to the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in a big way, which she did in 1972 with "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA".
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Donna Fargo ultimately became the fifth most successful female country artist of the 1970s, according to Billboard Magazine, behind Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, and Lynn Anderson.
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Fargo had another successful album with Dot in 1974, releasing Miss Donna Fargo, which spawned three Top 10 hits, including "You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine".
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Donna Fargo came out with the On the Move album, which spawned two Top 20 hits.
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The next year her next album, Donna Fargo Country was released.
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Donna Fargo had her own musical television show, which ran for a year, beginning in 1978.
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Donna Fargo is one of only five country female vocalists to have her own television series.
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Donna Fargo experienced a brief illness, but with medical treatment and her husband's help, Fargo made it back to full health, returning to a more limited schedule in 1979 and another Top 10 hit.
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In 1979, she recorded a new album, Just for You, from which the biggest hit was the No 14 hit "Daddy", a new version of a song that Donna Fargo had recorded in 1969.
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Donna Fargo singles charted off RCA in 1983 and 1984, and she recorded one album for the label in 1983.
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Donna Fargo recorded a single for Columbia in 1983, and for Cleveland records in 1984.
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Donna Fargo recorded an album with the label, Winners, which resulted in three singles spawned from the album, including a Top 30 hit, "Me and You".
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Donna Fargo dueted with Billy Joe Royal for her next single, "Members Only".
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In 2008, Donna Fargo released a new single CD, "We Can Do Better in America".
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Donna Fargo has pursued other ventures outside of the music business, writing eight books and more than 2,000 greeting cards.
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Donna Fargo has since established a successful line of greeting cards in The Donna Fargo Collection through the Blue Mountain Arts Poets and Artists series.
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Donna Fargo released her fourth book in March 2010, entitled I Thanked God For You Today.
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Previously, Donna Fargo had released another series of poetry books, including Trust in Yourself, To the Love of My Life, and Ten Golden Rules.